Up until now, Hill has been on a separate path than the other three African-American council members on how to keep four black seats on council.

But Hill's cooperation today did come with a request: she wants the VA Medical Center in her district. It's marked with a little red X in the center of the map above, and had previously been drawn into what would be Caraway's district.

The veteran's hospital is in what is now Hill's district, but that district has been scrambled during the redistricting process to make way for a new Pleasant Grove-centered district.

Moving the hospital, along with neighboring Horizon Estates, from District 4 (Caraway's district) to District 3 (what would be Hill's district) on the proposed map would worsen the disparity of populations between the two districts (even before the change, District 3 had 88,431 people while District 4 had only 83,496).

"The reason I'm asking that that amendment be placed on your map is that that includes the Horizon Estates neighborhood which also encompasses the VA Medical Center," Hill said.

"Mr. Caraway and I share that corridor, the Lancaster Corridor," she said. "We have both had opportunity to work very hard on that corridor, but I've had the VA part of the project. The VA portion of that corridor has been included as long as I've been here in what is presently District 5. There is a major project that I've had the opportunity to work on, and it seems that it makes economic and human-resource sense to retain that facility where it is, and to let that neighborhood remain where it is."

"Mr. Caraway has worked very diligently with me in this corridor, and I do believe we can continue to work together, but we would work best if the resources remain as they are presently," Hill said.